syrlisa

Well the other side of it. I once had a co-worker in LTC that was 70 passing meds as a med tech. She attempted to give the wafer that you remove from the top of an OTC med bottle to a resident, because her vision was so poor. Very very sad.

Ellekat - As the original poster of this thread, I feel for you. Your description of your employment is exactly what I am trying to avoid. I know that if I find my replacement she will also continue to take advantage of me. My concern in leaving this hospital, is that it is the same everywhere. I guess my problem is that I feel that she is only scheduling around vacations and not putting the time in to schedule around the time off request book. Why do we have it? I worked in management for years and was very creative in how I scheduled to be fair to the employees. Again, I have not had a scheduled vacation in two years. In fact I have called in exactly twice. I schedule my life around work. I fill in whenever I am asked. I refuse to get into a situation where I feel I am being taken advantage of. There are job openings in my area. I am only interested in part-time and do not need benefits. Hopefully I can find something. I have 7 weeks vacation stored up so I have little bit of time : )

Well, I sent my NM an e-mail reminding her that I had requested the day off. She replied that she is unable to cover that weekend and that I would need to ask other staff to switch. Could I do that? Maybe. But I feel that if I do, my NM will no longer attempt to fill requests off, but will put it on my shoulders to fill my own requests. I am going to talk to my husband and believe I will be putting in my notice tomorrow. Is two weeks enough? If I give two weeks notice I will be done working before the weekend I need off. Yes I earn generous PTO. However, I am only able to take a day or two here and there. I currently have 7 weeks built up. We were told this summer that not only would I not be given a scheduled vacation, but that my NM would not be granting ANY PTO time due to staff shortage. I am sick about this because I love where work.

Looking for advice - I am fairly new to nursing. Two years ago, after graduation, I began working in an oncology unit in a hospital part-time, including every other weekend and 2 out of 3 of major summer holidays and 2 out of 3 of the major winter holidays. I do not have a "set" every other weekend and have been told by management that I will need to flex my weekends on with the needs of the unit. We have a "Request Off" book where we are asked to enter any time off requests. Upon learning of an important family event this summer, I immediately entered the request into the book. This was several months ago. The schedule just came out and I was denied the time off. I can't find anyone to switch with me as it is two weeks away. This is extremely important to me. I have relatives coming into town from all over the country, several are staying at my house for the weekend of the event. How is this handled at your facility? Do those of you that work in the hospital setting just not go to these important events in your life. I feel cornered, resentful, trapped, taken advantage of, amongst other feelings. This is the only time I asked for off the whole summer. In the two years I have been there I have not been given a "scheduled" vacation because it is awarded based on seniority, and the vacation schedule is filled way before it ever gets to me. Am I asking too much? Is this just how floor nursing in a 24/7 operation is run? Thanks in advance!